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  Worker seriously injured after fall at Montreal Olympic Stadium

  A man is fighting for his life after falling about 30 feet in an air duct at Montreal's Olympic Stadium on Monday, authorities say.

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  'They were coming to save us': Inquest opens into deaths of two Quebec firefighters

  Linda Simard says her husband frantically told her to call 911 as he watched two volunteer firefighters get swept away in rushing floodwaters in Quebec's Charlevoix region last year.

• Raymond scores in OT as Red Wings clip Canadiens 5-4 to keep playoff hopes alive

  Lucas Raymond scored 4:35 into overtime after he scored a game-tying goal with 1:17 left in regulation, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 comeback win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night that keeps their playoff hopes alive.

• Fire causes major damage to 182-year-old church west of Montreal

  A priest says she will rebuild a 182-year-old church near Montreal after it was seriously damaged in a fire over the weekend.

• 45 arrested after pro-Palestinian sit-in at downtown Montreal bank

  Montreal police arrested 45 people after pro-Palestinian demonstrators staged a sit-in at a bank in downtown Montreal on Monday.

• Communauto to expand fleet, bring flex service to Lachine

  Car-sharing service Communauto announced a major expansion in Montreal on Monday, adding more than 1,100 vehicles to its fleet and bringing its flex service into the Lachine borough.

• 'We will definitely be living through a third referendum,' says Parti Quebecois leader

  Parti Quebecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called his party the leading force in Quebec politics, and is calling on all stripes of Quebecers to get behind the independence movement.

• Montreal opens seven new ecocentres to discard that old mattress, fridge and other items

  If you're looking for a place to discard that old refrigerator, obsolete sound system or no-good-anymore mattress, seven new ecocentres opened on the Island of Montreal on Monday.

• Wild turkey breaks into Quebec long-term care home, no injuries reported

  A wild turkey broke into a long-term care home south of Quebec City over the weekend by smashing through a third-floor window.

• Pilot project aims to treat Montreal mental health patients at home, not the ER

  Quebec is hoping to expand on a new model of care for patients in the emergency room experiencing a mental health crisis.

• Rock allegedly thrown from overpass smashes driver's windshield, Quebec police investigating

  Quebec provincial police (SQ) are investigating after a rock smashed into a driver's windshield that may have been thrown from an overpass.

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  WATCH | Freeland's budget shoes: Finance minister opts for fairness-focused brand

  Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland picked out a new pair of Canadian-designed shoes on Monday, ahead of tabling the federal government's 2024 budget.

• First service centre opened in Montreal for parents of premature babies

  On Monday, Préma-Québec inaugurated its first accommodation service for parents of premature babies in hospital.

• Quebec zoo examined animal behaviour during last week's total solar eclipse

  A Quebec zoo took advantage of last Monday's total solar eclipse to study the behaviours of some of its animals. The zoo's research and conservation department was approached by an astrophysics professor from the Université du Québec à Montréal about taking part in an animal behaviour study and collecting data on how they reacted during the rare phenomenon.